I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
BENJAMIN CARSONAnd if we can’t get it right, with the relatively small number of veterans, how in the world are you going to do it with the entire population?
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Because 9/11 is an isolated incident. Things that are isolated issues as opposed to things that fundamentally change the United Sates of America and shift power from the people to the government. That is a huge shift.
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I have to come to realize that God does not want to punish us, but rather, to fulfill our lives. God created us, loves us and wants to help us to realize our potential so that we can be useful to others.
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If we can redefine marriage as between two men or two women or any other way based on social pressures as opposed to between a man and a woman.
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And I’ve always said, ‘If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn’t necessary.’ We need to be able to understand that if we’re going to make real progress.
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Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.
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What is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
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I don’t think really conservative or liberal; I think what makes sense.
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I have this feeling that as time goes on, we’re not getting any more civilized, and we should be. We’re still running around like the days of Genghis Khan.
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People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.
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Why would I want to run for Congress and continue to get tainted with all the things that people get tainted with as they come along the system.
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Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they’ll beat a path to your door.
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Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God’s sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.
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Everybody has barriers and obstacles. If you look at them as containing fences that don’t allow you to advance, then you’re going to be a failure. If you look at them as hurdles that strengthen you each time you go over one, then you’re going to be a success.
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I would welcome, quite frankly, a discussion of morality in this country. I think it would be a wonderful thing if we bring back our Judeo-Christian values once again. I think it could do nothing but help us. I would be all in favor of that.
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Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.
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You can understand why I’m a believer. I have seen miracles.
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By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.
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In our culture, security has become an obsession.
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Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.
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I started reading about people of great accomplishment … and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.
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By thinking big, we can transform our world.
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Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don’t sit around and call each other names. That’s what you can find on a third grade playground.
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It’s very important for people to know themselves and understand what their value system is, because if you don’t know what your value system is, then you don’t know what risks are worth taking and which ones are worth avoiding.
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If we make every attempt to increase out knowledge in order to use it for human good, it will make a difference in us and in our world.
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Patients do better when they have faith that they’re going to do better. That’s why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There’s nobody I don’t say that to.
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We’ll always be safe in Jesus Christ if we place our faith in the Lord.
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